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"The DEA has allowed itself to be used as an agent for the largest pharmaceutical companies to rid the market of competition to their ephedrine and pseudoephedrine containing cough and cold remedies. It has destroyed some fifty companies, causing unemployment and significant economic hardship. The only institutions benefiting from this wholesale destruction of a segment of the market are the pharmaceutical companies that supply the pharmacies and big box stores. The enforcement activity has no effect on domestic supply or use of illicit methamphetamines." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) "That method of decision-making has enabled the DEA Administrator to pursue a policy of routing out of the marketplace some 50 independent suppliers of cough and cold remedies to convenience stores, thereby protecting and expanding the major pharmaceutical companies market for those products in pharmacies (which are conspicuously left untouched by DEA). The pharmacies are serviced by the traditional pharmaceutical companies, for which DEA has a close and complimentary relationship." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) "At DEA, the agency's Administrator has driven out of existence some 50 independent suppliers of cough and cold remedies, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs, actions that financially benefit drug company suppliers to the traditional pharmacies." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) "At the DEA, that favored regulatee is again the pharmaceutical industry, which now enjoys above market rates of return due to DEA enforcement to remove from the market independent suppliers of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine containing cough and cold remedies. At CMS, that favored regulatee is the insurance industry which, in turn, is a proxy for the pharmaceutical industry. We can perceive abuses whenever agency actions sacrifice fundamental rights to life, liberty, and property to yield outcomes favorable to a preferred regulatee." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.)

"Cold remedies like Sudafed® and decongestants like AcuTrim®, which is also used as an appetite suppressant, contain stimulants that boost physical performance. They can also cause heart palpitations, weight loss, hypertension, hallucinations and convulsions.20 The athletic field isn't the only place where people are looking to improve performance. While middle-aged men across the country leapt at the chance to take prescription drugs like Viagra®, Cialis® or Levitra® to improve sexual performance, others looked to more natural supplements like horny goat weed." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"The following is a list of some of the most common types of cold remedies, and what they can and cannot do: • Analgesics, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen, help to relieve aches and pains and reduce fever. By themselves, colds do not usually cause significant fever. Allowing a low-grade fever to run its course may actually be beneficial; an elevated temperature is one of the body's ways of fighting infection. If you have a fever that reaches 102°F or higher, chances are something other than the cold is causing it." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Most over-the-counter cold remedies contain some combination of acetaminophen and various decongestants, antihistamines, and cough suppressants. Some experts believe that these ingredients may work against one another. For example, acetaminophen may increase nasal congestion, while the decongestant decreases it. If a cold is making you extremely uncomfortable and you feel you must take something for it, it is better to take a single ingredient product appropriate for the particular symptom you are treating. pecially heavy consumption of junk food." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Cough and cold remedies: a potential danger to patients on monoamine oxidase inhibitors. BMJ; 1:404-406. 1969. Dawson JK. Earnshaw SM & Graham CS. Dangerous monoamine oxidase interactions are still occurring in the 1990s. J Accid Emerg Med; 12(1):49-51. 1995. Doyle H & Kargin M. Herbal stimulant containing ephedrine has also caused psychosis (letter). BMJ; 313:756. 1996. Edmonds ME, Archer AG & Watkins PJ. Ephedrine: a new treatment for diabetic neuropathic oedema. Lancet; 1:548-551. 1983. FDA." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"POPULAR cold remedies THAT COULD KILL The Food and Drug Administration advised consumers Monday to avoid over-the-counter cold remedies and have appetite suppressants with a common alternative ingredient linked to increased stroke risk, and it called on drug companies to stop using the ingredient. Consumers may still find the products in their drugstores for several months until the FDA rule, which in effect bans the Alka-Seltzer Plus ingredient's use in non-prescription remedies, is in cold remedies place." - American Medical Publishing, Prescription Medicines, Side Effects and Natural Alternatives (Get the book.)

"Diet and lifestyle modifications: Avoid caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and taking cold remedies that contain ephedrine (which can cause rapid heartbeat and trembling). The amino acid phenylalanine seems to decrease anxiety and can be taken as a supplement. Taking 300 mg of magnesium aspartate daily divided into three doses can also be beneficial. Blackcurrant oil may provide fatty acids, which also improve anxiety levels. Environmental stressors should be identified and avoided to whatever extent possible." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"The precautions we take with dangerous chemicals should also be applied to seemingly innocuous items, such as Tylenol, cold remedies and even vitamins," Katz says. "Pill vials should be securely closed, hidden away and stored at a height young children can't reach." . . The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-— vention has more suggestions on how you can prevent poisoning at www.cdc.gov/ncipc/fact sheets/poisonprevention. htm. Drug Expiration Dates: Take Them Seriously Cynthia LaCivita, PharmD, director of clinical standards and quality, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.) "Think Before You Zinc Zinc cold remedies should be used cautiously. There is evidence that zinc can lessen a cold's severity, but zinc products should be used only two or three times a day, primarily in the first 48 hours after symptom onset—not every three hours, as indicated on labels. Do not use zinc lozenges and nasal spray—choose one. High concentrations of zinc can cause nausea and diarrhea. Neil Schachter, MD, professor of pulmonary medicine and medical director of respiratory care, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Ginger tea is one of our favorite cold remedies, and it also may help to ease a cough. One animal study found that a component of ginger called shogaol worked at least as well as dextromethorphan against cough. That may mean simply that shogaol is just as good as placebo, now that the effectiveness of dextromethorphan is in question. Nevertheless, ginger tea is tasty and not very expensive. Another old-fashioned approach to calming a cough is horehound." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"According to this theory, illness is explained as due to "cold" causes, such as entry of air into the body, or "hot" causes, such as excessive consumption of hot foods, with curing conforming to a doctrine of opposites: hot remedies to drive out cold and cold remedies to extract heat. The classic study of the "hot/cold dichotomy" was conducted by George Foster181, who traced its origins to Greek humoral pathology brought by Spain to the New World." - Rainer W. Bussmann and Douglas Sharon, Plants of Longevity, The Medicinal Flora of Vilcabamba (Get the book.)

"They have not been systematically evaluated as cold remedies. However, one double-blind trial found that people who were given 100 mg of Asian ginseng extract in combination with a flu vaccine experienced a lower frequency of colds and flu compared with people who received only the flu vaccine.40 According to test tube experiments,41 wild indigo stimulates immune function (page 255), which might account for its role in fighting the common cold and flu (page 269)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"It is well-known that several types of cold remedies containing antihistamines can cause severe prostate irritation, particularly when used by men with BPH. Marijuana ?While not generally as dangerous as some of the other illicit drugs, marijuana has produced controversial results when studied for its effects on sexual functioning. Some studies have shown it to lower testosterone and other androgen levels, particularly in older men.96,97,98 Other studies have shown it to have little effect on testosterone levels.99,100 It is interesting to note that most of these studies were done decades ago." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your Libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"You wouldn't know it from commercials for over- the-counter cold remedies, but no safe or effective cure for the common cold exists. "Since no one has the time to just be sick for a day or two these days, the makers of cold remedies promise us instant relief," says Naomi Grobstein, M.D., a family physician in private practice in Montclair, New Jersey. More than 800 over-the-counter cold remedies compete for a slice of the multimillion dollar cold remedy industry. "But no matter what you take, cold symptoms won't vanish instantly." - Prevention Magazine Health Books, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women: Women Doctors Reveal over 2,000 Self-Help Tips on the Health Problems That Concern Women the Most (Get the book.)

"There are no proven preventative measures and no known cure; over-the-counter cold remedies may relieve symptoms. Cold viruses often spread as infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing virus-laden droplets in the air. People become infected by breathing in the viruses or touching contaminated items (furniture, clothing, and so on) and rubbing their contaminated hands against their mouth, nose, or eyes. Frequent hand washing and keeping one's hands away from the mouth, nose, and eyes—where the viruses thrive—help reduce one's risk of catching a cold." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.)

"Seldom, if ever, will two different people, prescribed the very same drug at the exact same dosage, actually receive the same effective dosage. The Many Contributors To Drug Overdose - Can They Be Prevented? A few years ago, I attended a lecture in Seattle by the doctor who was conducting genetic research for a pharmaceutical company. He indicated that they were looking at the reason behind fast and slow metabolizers. Scientists sometimes tend to complicate relatively simple issues." - Dr. David W. Tanton; Ph.D., A Drug-Free Approach To Healthcare, Revised Edition (Get the book.)

"More than a few cold sufferers throughout the ages might vouch for that: We've been bewitched, bothered and bewildered not just by colds but by cold remedies ever since the first prehistoric sniffle. From the custom of "kissing the hairy muzzle of a mouse" popular during Roman times to the practice of applying throat wraps made of salted herring during the Middle Ages, our efforts against the cold have ranged from the risky to the ridiculous. As recently as the early 1900s, cold remedies were spiked with so much alcohol or narcotics that you really didn't care if you had a cold." - Matthew Hoffman and William Legro, Disease Free: How to Prevent, Treat and Cure More Than 150 Illnesses and Conditions (Get the book.) "Drugs, Drugs Everywhere We may no longer be wearing necklaces of salted fish, kissing hairy mice or getting blitzed on cold "cocktails" capable of curling the lip of even Dean Martin, but our modern-day cold remedies still are by no means perfect. Beware of medicinal "shotguns. ""Many cold remedies simply try to do too much," says Dr. Kimmelman. "They contain ingredients for treating more symptoms than most colds actually present. It's better to target each cold symptom individually with a product designed to treat that symptom and that symptom only." - Matthew Hoffman and William Legro, Disease Free: How to Prevent, Treat and Cure More Than 150 Illnesses and Conditions (Get the book.)

"Tabasco sauce) can work as well as over-the-counter cold remedies, says Dr. Zi-ment. "Some of the foods used to fight respiratory diseases for centuries, including hot peppers, are very similar to the drugs we now use." The stuff that makes hot peppers so nose-clearing good is capsaicin, a plant chemical that gives hot peppers their sting. Chemically, capsaicin is similar to a drug called guaifenesin, which is used in many over-the-counter and prescription cold remedies such as Robitussin, says Dr. Ziment." - Prevention Magazine, Prevention's New Foods for Healing: Capture the Powerful Cures of More Than 100 Common Foods (Get the book.)

"You should not take any medications (including nonprescription drugs such as laxatives or cold remedies) without your doctor's approval. Definitions of the drug categories, labeled A, B, C, D, and X, are listed below: • A: Adequate studies in pregnant women have failed to show a risk to the fetus in the first trimester of pregnancy, and there is no evidence of risk in later trimesters." - H. Winter Griffith, M.D., Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs 2005 (Get the book.)

"Since no one has the time to just be sick for a day or two these days, the makers of cold remedies promise us instant relief," says Naomi Grobstein, M.D., a family physician in private practice in Montclair, New Jersey. More than 800 over-the-counter cold remedies compete for a slice of the multimillion dollar cold remedy industry. "But no matter what you take, cold symptoms won't vanish instantly." "A cold is a collection of symptoms caused by any one of 200 or more different viruses," says Carole Heilman, Ph.D." - Prevention Magazine Health Books, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women: Women Doctors Reveal over 2,000 Self-Help Tips on the Health Problems That Concern Women the Most (Get the book.)

"Nonprescription diet pills and cold remedies contain the decongestant phenylpropanolamine (PPA). It is found in everything from Acutrim, Dexatrim, and Stay Trim to Alka-Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine, Contac 12 Hour Capsules, Dimetapp Cold and Flu Caplets, and Tylenol Cold Effervescent Tablets. One patient on Nardil developed a severe heart rhythm disturbance and another died when they added cold remedies containing PPA.7 Pseudoephedrine (an ingredient in Actifed, Advil Cold and Sinus, Dristan Sinus Caplets, NyQuil, Sudafed, etc." - Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon, The People's Guide to Deadly Drug Interactions (Get the book.)

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